---------------------------------------------------------- Live and work in the USA legally: Register for the GREEN CARD LOTTERY! Visit http://www.us-immigration.org -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Indonesia Daily News Online http://www.indo-news.com/ Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- International Forum for Aceh (IFA) Human Rights, Democracy and Empowerment email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chairman: Jafar Siddiq -------------------------------------------------------------------- International Forum for Aceh (IFA), Condemns Indonesian Police and soldiers for arresting Mr. Radhi Darmansyah, the Aceh Student Front for Reform. We request all International NGO's and Governments body and Nations, who respect Democracy and human rights to put pressure on Indonesia to immediately release Mr. Radhi Darmansyah. History of Indonesian attrocities in Aceh as well as continuing torture of Acehnese in Indonesian Police Custody concerns us about Mr. Radhi conditions very deeply. Indonesia must release, Mr. Radhi Darmansyah, IFA partners for Human Rights in Aceh immediately! Friends of Human Rights and Democracy, Please forward this email, faxes, to others. Below is the detail of the arrest: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Subj: FARMIDIA Sec.General arrested by police in Pidie Statement by the Executive Board of Farmidia on 27 July 2000 At midnight Thursday, 27 July 2000, Radhi Darmansyah, the secretary-general of Farmidia, the Aceh Student Front for Reform, was arrested by police during a sweeping operation, in front of the Pidie police headquarters. In a statement issued today by M. Dahlan, acting secretary general of Farmidia, said that this arrest has disrupted humanitarian activities being undertaken by its activist in North Aceh and is in breach of the Joint Understanding on Humanitarian Pause signed between the Indonesian government and GAM which came into operation on 2 June this year. The arrest in is clear violation of the Ground Rules for Security Modalities jointly adopted by the two sides which entered into the Joint Undestanding. These Ground rulles prohibit sweeps by the police without posting in public an announcement that such an action will be undertaken outside the police command office. The Ground Rules also prohibit the use of firearms in sweeping operations for the purposes of intimidation. The executive board of Farmidia strongly condemns the action taken by the police and regrets the fact that its activist, Radhi Darmansyah, has been held in police custody for more than 24 hours. The board also calls on the Joint Monitoring Committee for Security Affairs to state whether permission had been granted to the police to conduct this sweeping outside the police command in Pidie and demands that the police take responsibility for the arrest of Radhi Darmansyah. Thursday 27 July 2000. The following account of the arrest has been received from Forum Silaturrahmi Mahasiswa Aceh, FORMISA: At around 10.30pm on 26 July, Radhi Darmansyah, a student activist from Ar- Raniry IAIN, member of the international commission of the SIRA Presidium Council and Secretary-General of Farmidia, left the Suetui Banda Aceh bus terminal together with Nasruddin Abu Bakar, a student activist from Ar-Raniry IAIN and National coordinator for the Cease Fire Watch, aboard a Kurnia Bus, on their way to Jakarta in connection with their humanitarian work. When the bus arrived outside the Pidie police headquarters in Sigli at around midnight, it was halted by a unit of Brimob (special police) forces who were undertaking sweeping operations against all passing vehicles and buses. Radhi Darmansyah and Nasruddin Abu Bakar who were sitting side by side were searched. The police found among Radhi's possessions a Sony tape and a diary containing a record of his activities. He was dragged out of the bus, shouted at and hit with a riflebutt while Nasruddin was allowed to remain in the bus. Radhi was ordered into the police HQ for interrogation. At the time of writing this report, he was still being held by the police for purposes of interrogation. This account is based on a report of the incident to FORMISA by Nasruddin Abu Bakar, who witnessed the arrest. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign 111 Northwood Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8HW, UK Phone: 020 8771-2904 Fax: 020 8653-0322 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.gn.apc.org/tapol Campaigning to expose human rights violations in Indonesia, West Papua and Aceh 26 years - and still going strong ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 28 Jul 2000 jam 09:27:20 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
